Book II : Ayodhya Kanda - Book Of Ayodhya

Chapter [Sarga] 85

Introduction

Bharata thanks Guha for having come forward to offer hospitality to him and his
army. He enquires about the proper route to proceed to the hermitage of Bharadvaja. Guha assures
Bharata that he along with some of his ferrymen will follow him as guides. When Guha enquires
Bharata whether he has an evil intention towards Rama, Bharata clarifies him that he is proceeding
to Rama?s place to bring him back to Ayodhya. When night falls Bharata along with Shatrughna
and his army take rest. However Guha consoles Bharata, who has been constantly bewailing, till
the nightfall.

19-20. kaikeyiisutaH = Bharata the son of Kaikeyi; aakraantaH
= was pressed; mahata duHkha sailena = by the weight of that colossal mountain of agony;
dhyaana nirdhara shailena = consisting of rocky caverns in the shape of settled contemplations
on Rama; viniHshvasitadhaatunaa = minerals in the shape of groans and sighs; dainyapaadapa
samghena = acluster of trees in the shape of depressive thoughts ; shokaayaasaadhishR^iN^giNaa
= summits in the form of sufferings and fatigue; pramohaananta sattvena = countless wild beasts
in the shape of swoons; samtaapoushhadhi veNunaa = herbsand bamboos in the form of his exertions.

Bharata, the son of Kaikeyi was pressed by the weight of thatcolossal mountain of agony
consisting of rocky caverns in the shape of settledcontemplations on Rama, minerals in the shape of
groans and sighs, a cluster oftrees in the shape of depressive thoughts, summits in the form of sufferingsand
fatigue, countless wild beasts in the shape of swoons, herbs and bamboos inthe form of his exertions.

Thereafter, Bharata the excellent among men sighing much inmelancholy, his mind utterly
confused in consequence, having obtained anextreme distress, afflicted as he was with burning fever
in his breast and likea bull strayed from its herd, found no peace.